Folding bicycle-stand



(No Model.)

H. L. WHITE. PUDDING BICYGLE STAND. NO. 598,547. Patented Feb. 8, 1898.

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BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

FOLDING BICYCLE-STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 598,547, dated February8, 1898.

Application filed February 19, 1897.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HAMMOND L. WHITE, a citizen of the United States,residing in Brooklyn, Kings county, State of New York, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Folding Bicycle-Stands, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invent-ion relates especially to devices employed for supportingbicycles when not in use, and has for its object the provision of asimple, cheap, compact, and effectual stand, which may be foldedtogether, occupying but little space. i To attain the desired end myinvention consists in certain novel and useful combinations orarrangements of parts and peculiarities of construction and operation,all of which will be hereinafter first fully described, and then pointedout in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, Figure 1 is a planview of my improved stand, showing the parts in position for receivingthe wheel of a bicycle. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3is a plan view showing the movable parts of the stand as foldedtogether.

Like numerals of reference wherever they occur indicate correspondingparts in all the figures.

1 is the main portion or base of the frame of the stand, made ofsuitable metal rod bent as shown, the ends of the rod being connectedtogether at 2.

3 and 4. are diagonal braces which cross each other and are connected tothe transverse bars of the base 1. Loosely connected to the to the otherbrace 4 is a similar loop '7.

8 and 9 are short loops projecting from the base 1, at right anglesthereto, arranged to receive the tire of a Wheel.

Pivoted at the larger extremity of the base 1 is an upright support 10for the wheel.

WVhen constructed and arranged in accordance with the foregoingdescription and the parts extended, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, theloops 6 and 7 come in contact with the transverse bars of the base 1near their inner extremities and with the floor or ground at their outerextremities, and when a wheel is Serial No. 624,129. (No model.)

placed within the loops 8 and 9 and the sup port 10 the pressure of thetransverse bars of the base 1 upon the lateral loops holds them firmlyin position, sustaining the bicycle in a perfect manner.

VVhen-not in use, the support 10 folds forward, passing over the shortloops 8 and 9, and the loops 6 and 7 by reason of my peculiar mode ofconnection to the diagonal brace: pieces 3 and 4 may each swingone-fourth of a circle, bringing them beneath the base 1, parallelthereto and to each other. As the entire stand is now flat and verycompact, it occupies but little space and may be hung up or placed inany position out of the Way.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new therein,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A folding bicycle-stand in which are comprised a base-piece providedwith supports for the bottom of a wheel; a side support pivoted to anextremity of the base and two lateral arms pivoted to the base andarranged to extend horizontally from the base upon the same plane,substantially as shown and described.

2. In afolding bicycle-stand, a base-piece, provided withdiagonalbraces,in combination with arms loosely connected to said bracesand arranged to extend horizontally from the base upon the same plane,substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination with a base-piece carrying loops for engaging thetire of a wheel, of loops loosely connected to said base-piece, andarranged to fold thereunder, or be extended horizontally, upon the sameplane as the base at right angles thereto, substantially as shown anddescribed.

4:. In a folding bicycle-stand, a base pro vided with supports for thetire of the wheel, two of which are fixed, and the other pivotedthereto, diagonal braces being secured to the base near one extremity,in combination with loops having their sides of unequal length, eyes atthe ends of said sides embracing the diagonal braces whereby said loopswill fold together beneath the base, substantially as shown anddescribed. I

5. A foldingbicycle-stand in which are comprised a base-piece; diagonalbraces secured upon the same plane as the base, the Whole thereto nearone extremity; short tire-receivcombined, substantially as shown anddeing loops secured to the base and projecting scribed.

at right angles thereto; a Wheel-support piv- HAMMOND L. lVHITE. 5 otedat the extremity of the base-piece, and Witnesses:

two loops loosely connected to the diagonal A. M. PIERCE,

braces and arranged to extend horizontally MABEL SIGLER.

